Most moviegoers have seen Helen Hunt's Oscar winning role as Carol the waitress in "As Good As It Gets"; after all the movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, two of which (best male and female actors) it won, not to mention countless other awards. In "Then She Found Me", her April Epner character much reminded me of Carol the waitress. Here she plays a school teacher going through a much more trying period of her life than Carol did, and even more than that of her character Jeannie in the 2010 movie "Every Day", a film I raved about in an earlier review this year. She also directed "Then She Found Me" with a cast I'm sure she appreciated, which included Bette Midler, Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick. I did not know that Salman Rushdie did any acting, yet to my surprise, he did okay as Hunt's gynaecologist. Colin Firth's character Frank played Hunt's love interest; that couple was as unlikely as the Nicholson-Hunt match. Frank is a neurotic father of two young children and estranged from his wife who left him for a life a debauchery which of course was the source of his barely manageable neurosis. That love interest is volatile and passionate. Oh, what a delight to watch it was to me. I took a liking to Shawn Colvin's music in this movie.
Review of Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me
(2007)
Helen Hunt portrays again a role of the overwhelmed middle-aged woman living through a crisis period.
5 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers